A:Answer From my experience, the answer to that is do you use the flash or not? This model has the "through the lens" flash, and in my experience, it causes shadows on the close-up photos, which I guess is probably what you need. ( have a Nikon S9600 and it works great indoors, and I would strongly recommend that. It is a little bigger, not so pocket-friendly as the S7000, but a much better performer all around otherwise. in my experience.